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PPI use and side effects
My doctor told me to take dexlansoprazole in the morning for chronic nausea when nothing else worked. Well, not so nauseas as before, but now have a bad acid taste in mouth all day long. Not seeing dr for another month. Any ideas or suggestions. Was taking pepcid twice a day but now only at night. Thanks.
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I was on 80 mg of protonix daily for 1 month. I avoided trigger foods also.
Hi there
Yes it sounds like you have a lot going on. Again so sorry that all this has happened to you, so I was reading there is a taper you can use to get off the PPI’s. The theory is to do it slowly, and begin by reducing first amount and then frequency over a month or so. Have you ever tried that?
I am going to try the DHL… so how do you prepare cabbage juice and the aloe Vera?
Hi Rosy
I am sorry I do not know your story just reading your last post. Please if you would tell me your story, i have an intake call with a Mayo on Monday, I am absolutely miserable and do not know where to turn!
I have upper abdominal pain, constipation, gas, belching, bloated stomach. No OTC meds have helped and no PPI’s or any other prescription medication has helped. Been bedridden for a year now.
I too was placed on a PPI for a second time. After 6 months, I wanted to go off due to my concerns of side effects which I wasn’t experiencing. But this was my second time on a PPI. I asked my doctor there’s no way to know if this is being effective. She sent me to GI and I had a third endoscopy. Result: my cells were hypertrophic and told to no longer take the PPI. We are led to believe these meds heal. These medications do not heal, they reduce or eliminate symptoms for a period of time. Symptoms do come back as did mine. I turned to functional medicine to find a cause for my digestive symptoms and gerd. Testing results: I had a small intestinal bacteria-SIBO- as well as a parasite and fungus. Protocol included prebiotics, probiotics, digestive enzymes, and working with a nutritionist to make changes to my diet to promote a healthier biome.
My story is too long to post .
Hopefully you will get a better GI Dr than the one they assigned to me at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville. I’m no longer a patient after the three tests in 2020 there .
I still suffer day and night with chronic horrible symptoms. 7 diagnoses and over 20 tests in 10 yrs . I’m so fatigued in day and just try to do my best to get things done ✔️ abs survive another day . My sleep 💤 is horrible because my gut and intestines are non stop 🛑. I deep wet belch over 2000 x a day night , tastes like gut lining . Omg 😳. I just saw Functional med practitioner , going to do extensive bloodwork and another abdominal ultrasound soon . Started me on a Bile reflux med you put in water . I’m not too hopeful as it be tried everything and I mean everything on the market , holistic, OTC . I’m a medical mystery.
I wish you all the best …..
I asked my Primary care Dr. about the drug Pantaprazole and it's side effects and he said would you rather have cancer or deal with side effects of the PPi? He said that doesn't mean that I'll get bad bones or kidney problems.
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2 ReactionsTried 6 PPIs each one horrible side effects
Luckily mine were small Dr said he wasn’t worried wanted me to try to relax get excersise and enjoy life each day due gut therapy, Nerva tapes and laugh great advice just some days not enough and work with a FODMAP trained registered dietician
Hello there I started taking Pantroprazole 40mg twice a day since 12/10/2022 I haven't felt much of those side effects But I do feel anxiety and dry itchy patches of skin. My Anxiety might be because of the final diagnosis of my ulcer though. For me a week after finding out I had an ulcer, I was told that what they found after biopsies turned out to be cancer. The whole experience so far this past month has caused me major Anxiety. How long have you been taking this medication? Sorry if this scares/worries you in any ways.
Hello; I have been on PPIs [Rabaprozole [20mgs 2x per day]] for over a year now and they work well for GERD with no side effects, YET. I know about the long term effects but they work for me. [H2 blockers don't] so I have little choice other than the surgery "Funduplication" which I would like to avoid. I Have tried Diet change to no avail.However for the last 2 weeks I have experienced a continuos chronic stomach ache, mild most of the time but is now becoming more intense. No other symptoms just general belly ache. From your experience has anyone else found this be a side effect of long term PPI use? or something else? Doc appt in a week. Thanks